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SreudianFlip

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  • Why is Linux Mint better than macOS?

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  • I currently have it installed on a 2008 iMac and a 2012 MacBook Pro.

    I also have ZorinOS On a MacBook Air that works great, and Debian on a MBPro 2014, and am about to install Fedora on another MBPro, 2013. Those are mostly server experiments, though.

    Yes, I wind up with a lot of old macs that I am reluctant to recycle!

  • True

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  • I'm building a new building with a washroom and putting in a waterless toilet by choice. Flushing shit is kind of primitive if you ask me, a waste instead of resource, if you excuse the pun.

    Not always possible in urban settings.

  • Why is Linux Mint better than macOS?

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  • First, I hate Apple nearly as much as MS, and I am defending the common experience rather than company.

    The dock does what it's designed to do; "properly" needs to be defined. It is crappy, limited software and since it is mouse-oriented, slow and inefficient and merely one way to do things like open apps. Use spotlight or the app switcher with the keyboard instead and save time. (Spotlight has its own problems but is still much better than the dock!)

    If the red button doesn't close the window, the app isn't using the developer interface guidelines. Also, try Command-W, it might work better for you.

    Also, switching desktops (screens as you said) is trackpad oriented and one smooth gesture , no delay. Using a mouse is more clicky, yes, but normally no delay. Keyboard commands might be what you want here? Also, are you using oddball apps that are fighting the OS?

    Regarding your sample set of experiences, I believe you, but trust that my sample set is unusually large due to doing user support for a long time, and few users with a healthy typical install of the OS overall have those complaints:

    • setting default apps normally works consistently
    • red button closes window on mainstream macOS apps, rarely otherwise
    • dragging windows is pretty smooth between monitors (I have to demonstrate this after showing people how to arrange monitors)

  • Why is Linux Mint better than macOS?

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  • I want it to stop hanging up when I drag windows from one monitor to the other.

    That might be caused by a few things, such as the virtual arrangement of screens, but it's not typical.

    When I switch screens I want it to switch when I click on it and not click, wait, and click again.

    Also unusual. Something odd about your setup.

    I want the dock to disappear and stop consuming screen real estate, but I also want it to come back up when I need it.

    Dock hiding is a basic setting. It could work better because I can trigger it showing by accidentally mousing to that edge. The Dock is kind of for beginners, and limited in functionality though, it won't anticipate your needs. I advise moving to the left side and shrinking it.

    I need the red x to actually close the window instead of just minimizing it.

    It closes the window, not minimizes. That's a misclick, or a broken app. On one-window apps it also quits the app.

    All of these things sometimes happen and sometimes don't, with seemingly no reason, which is the most frustrating part, and this inconsistent behavior spans iOS as well.

    Again, your experience is unusual in these specific respects, so I suspect you are importing habits from other OS's.

  • Why is Linux Mint better than macOS?

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  • Are you sure you properly designated default apps?

    • get info on the file
    • change preferred app
    • make sure you check the box indicating change for all

    Edit: then close the info panel, of course.

  • Why is Linux Mint better than macOS?

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  • Ignore the downvotes. Mint or Debian or Fedora can be great on Macs earlier than 2016.

  • Why is Linux Mint better than macOS?

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  • Apple abandons macOS* updates after a computer is over 7 years old or so.

    At that point Mint or similar distros are your primary option for running a secure OS on excellent but aging hardware.**

    Sleep/wake, battery management, and trackpad don't work quite as well, and you usually have to install the Broadwell wifi driver manually, and the camera will be fussy, but otherwise it is the better OS for an old Mac.

    * (no longer called OSX since they left v.10 behind a long time ago).

    ** you can force a later macOS onto older models, but it's not very stable.

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • Ehhhhhh, it's missing a season!

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • No, baron, I was just pointing out that there are lots of different rules depending on the medium and genre and participants. le sigh

  • Why do we produce so much porn?

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  • Indeed

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • Yes. Correct. Accurate.

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • dude/ette

    read some fukan poetry OK thanks

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • The different context means it's not a literary communication, but notation for casual speech.

    More script or score than Strunk and White.

    In that mode, punctuation is performative, and with a period after one word you should weigh heavily on a grim tone of voice, or perhaps sarcasm.

    As an old fart and former editor, context is key: there are many modes of expression, and the rules vary.

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • Two spaces as a convention is due to the monospaced fonts in typewriters.

    If you aren't using a monospaced font it's typographically awkward.

  • Why do we produce so much porn?

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  • Oh, read some Octavia Butler then! Brilliant and, well, kinda what you just said. The Xenogenesis series.

  • ‘In-your-face cover up’: Trump photo discovered in Epstein files pulled from DOJ website

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  • Well we have a pretty unified sentiment of "fix your shit before you force us into guerilla resistance". Lots of people here feeling pretty urgent about it.

  • ‘In-your-face cover up’: Trump photo discovered in Epstein files pulled from DOJ website

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  • Everyone seems to forget that sociopolitical change requires multiple fronts.

    Protests are absofuckinglutely required even if they don't appear to enact change directly or immediately. They serve multiple purposes in a comprehensive strategy that is built on coalition and education.

    They simply aren't big enough yet. Start there.

  • China’s Trade Ultimatum to Canada: Comply or Suffer - former diplomat Michael Kovrig explains the deeper logic behind Beijing’s economic coercion

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  • Really worthwhile read!

  • Jury finds Judge Hannah Dugan guilty of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal agents

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  • Next thing you know, that slippery slope has turned into an Anschluss!